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One Billion People on Facebook — This morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month. — If you're reading this: thank you for giving me and my little team the honor of serving you. — Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life.

Facebook's ‘Next Billion’: A Q&A With Mark Zuckerberg — In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook (FB) from his Harvard University dorm room, hoping to see what his classmates were up to on campus. The following eight years brought international fame, unimaginable wealth, a hit Hollywood movie …

Microsoft to launch Surface at midnight on October 26th — Microsoft has started sending out invites to a special “Surface Reception” event on October 25th. Alongside a Windows 8 introduction, the software giant will launch its highly anticipated tablet at midnight on October 26th — according to a company spokesperson.

Google Street View Goes Live in the Google Maps Web App — Earlier today it was noted by Walt Mossberg Google Street View would be coming to the Google Maps web app on Thursday, essentially confirming what we were earlier told by the New York Times. Well, it looks like Google Street View has gone live late Wednesday night PDT.

Sprint Said to Eye MetroPCS Bid to Rival T-Mobile Offer — Sprint Nextel Corp. (S), the third- largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, is in the early stages of evaluating whether it should make a counter offer for MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) to top Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) …

HP smartphone not coming in 2013, says CEO Meg Whitman — But HP will need one within five years to avoid missing out on a big segment of the market, its CEO said — HP has no plans to launch a smartphone next year but will need to sell one eventually to avoid missing out on …

AAP Publishers Get More Control Over Google As They Settle 7-Year Copyright Infringement Suit Over Google Library Project — Google has finally made some headway on the litigation over copyright infringement for the Google Library Project; and the deal puts in place another key piece of the puzzle for Google Books.

Group says it hacked systems at 100 major universities — Harvard, Stanford, Penn among those hit; breached data mostly innocuous, analyst says. — A hacking group that calls itself Team GhostShell this week claimed credit for breaking into servers at 100 major universities from around the world …